Martín Zapata

Once upon a time there was a couple who hid their emotions, until one day chance knocked on their door.

In a town in Veracruz being buffeted by cold northerly winds, seven men and woman start out on paths that will change their lives. A well-intentioned Christian gives in to the temptation of a young widow: a mayor succumbs to his greed: an elderly lady adopts a young burn victim: a doctor breaks away from a past that had hardened her heart: an old priest comes and goes trying to understand and a lost poet rediscovers his capacity to love and write. All these passions come together in a yearning to give meaning to their lives.

Elías a commis un grand péché contre Dieu. Il est convaincu que ses enfants seront punis par une mort prématurée. Pour empêcher la punition redoutée, il consacre sa vie à la construction d'une église. L'histoire est racontée à travers les yeux d'Aureliano, le plus jeune et le plus vulnérable de ses fils.

"Un banquete en Tetlapayac is a contemporary reconstruction of events surrounding Que viva México! by Sergei Eisenstein, the legendary episode film, shooting of which came to a halt when Eisenstein in 1932 was forced to leave Mexico by lack of money and other problems." - IFFR